Only You (And You Alone)
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| Single by The Platters from the album The Platters Original recording & The Fabulous Platters Re-recording |
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| B-side | You Made Me Cry Original recording Bark, Battle and Ball Re-recording |
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| Released | 1954 Original recording 1955 Re-recording |
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| Format | 7" vinyl | |
| Recorded | 1954 Original recording 1955 Re-recording |
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| Genre | Rock/Pop | |
| Label | Federal Original recording Mercury Re-recording |
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| Writer(s) | Buck Ram and Ande Rand | |
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| Single by Ringo Starr from the album Goodnight Vienna |
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| Released | 1974 | ||||
| Format | vinyl record 7" | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Label | EMI (UK) Apple Records (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Buck Ram and Ande Rand | ||||
| Producer | Richard Perry | ||||
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"Only You (And You Alone)" (often shortened to "Only You") is a pop song composed by Buck Ram and Ande Rand. It was recorded most successfully by The Platters in 1955.
The first recording of the song by The Platters turned out poorly, but after a re-recording, the song scored a major hit when it was released on July 3, 1955. The song held strong in the #1 position on the U.S. R & B charts for seven weeks, and hit #5 on the Pop charts. It remained there for 30 weeks, beating out a rival cover version by a white band called The Hilltoppers.
In 1974, Ringo Starr covered this song for his album Goodnight Vienna, and it became a #1 hit on the US Adult Contemporary chart and a #6 hit on the US Pop Singles Chart in early 1975. A guide vocal sang by John Lennon that had been left on the multitrack later appeared in 1998 on his Anthology box set. Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers made #95 on the Billboard charts with his 1969 version.
When the Platters track "The Great Pretender" (which eventually surpassed the success of "Only You") was released in the UK as Europe's first introduction to The Platters, "Only You" was included on the flipside.
In the 1956 film Rock Around The Clock The Platters participated with both songs Only You and The Great Pretender.
Country singers Reba McEntire, Travis Tritt and Doug Stone both released cover versions, in 1982, 1995 and 2006, respectively.
[edit] Appearances in films
The song is included on the soundtracks of the films American Graffiti, Mr. Destiny and Alvin and the Chipmunks.
In the 1995 comedy Sgt. Bilko, Country music artist Travis Tritt sings it on the stage. Tritt's version was included on his 1995 album Greatest Hits: From the Beginning.
The song plays a prominent role in the 1993 film So I Married an Axe Murderer.
The song was covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks for the 2007 film.
